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The smoking-hot new public radio show that straps audiences into an audio rollercoaster. Winner of the Public Radio Talent Quest, Glynn Washington delivers a raw, musical brand of storytelling, daring listeners to see the world through the eyes of another.

The smoking-hot new public radio show that straps audiences into an audio rollercoaster. Winner of the Public Radio Talent Quest, Glynn Washington delivers a raw, musical brand of storytelling, daring listeners to see the world through the eyes of another.

The smoking-hot new public radio show that straps audiences into an audio rollercoaster. Winner of the Public Radio Talent Quest, Glynn Washington delivers a raw, musical brand of storytelling, daring listeners to see the world through the eyes of another.

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In 1989, an enormous earthquake struck the Bay Area. One of Oakland’s major arteries, the Cypress Freeway, collapsed. And one man named Raven, a local Oaklander, left his home, and dove into the wreckage to save lives.
This story is produced by Liam O'Donoghue, host and producer of the podcast East Bay Yesterday. If you want to hear about Bruce Lee's most notorious fight, or Oakland's oldest soul food cook, or grizzly bears, you can find the show here.
Producer: Liam O'Donoghue and Eliza...

The story of how Mokhtar Akhanshali braved a civil war to bring Yemeni coffee to the world.
To buy Port of Mokha coffee visit portofmokha.com, and to learn more about how they're using coffee as a vehicle to improve conditions in Yemen, visit Mokhafoundation.org.
Dave Egger’s biography of Mokhtar, The Monk of Mokha, is available wherever books are sold. And be sure to check out the book’s Instagram at @themonkofmokha.
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

Ear Hustle brings you stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it. The podcast is a partnership between Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams, currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and Nigel Poor, a Bay Area artist.
The team works in San Quentin’s media lab to produce stories that are sometimes difficult, often funny, and always honest, offering a nuanced view of people living within the American prison system.
Find out more about Ear Hustle and...

Senior Year Mixtape
Snap spends a year with three Mission High School seniors Brantin, Damaris, and Alex as they try to make sense of adulthood in a rapidly changing San Francisco.
Very special thank you to our heroes: Brantin, Damaris and Alex. Thank you also to Mission High School Principal Eric Guthertz, everyone in the Wellness Center and our guide for the year Chandra Shivakumar.
Producer: Adizah Eghan, Liz Mak, Eliza Smith, Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich.
Original Score: Pat...

When a young man is told is he going deaf, he sets out on a challenge to memorize the songs that defined his life. He had no idea that those songs would come back to him in the most unexpected way.
A version of this story aired on KQED's Q'ed up Podcast.
Producer: April Dembosky
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Sound Design: Leon Morimoto and April Dembosky

Linda, Loretta, and Me
What happens when boy meets girl and… fungus? This is a story about love and spores, from one of our favorite podcasts, Love Me. You can find more episodes of Love Me at cbc.ca/loveme or whenever you listen to podcasts. Be sure to check out producer Jonathan Zenti’s podcast, Meat.
Producer: Mira Burt-Wintonick, Cristal Duhaime, and Jonathan Zenti

What if you were born to twerk it, but you didn't know how to work it? Estee Rose grew up in a tight-knit Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn. Find out how she reclaims her faith after she loses it in a tumultuous series of events. To channel Estee’s tunes, check out producer Shaina Shealy’s Spotify playlist, “Zumba Estee”. Additional thanks to the Jerusalem International YMCA and the Dorot Foundation.
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Producer: Shaina Shealy

What if one day you found out you look like one of the most famous people in the country -- who everybody hates?
Lynn Harris is an author, commentator, award-winning journalist and mostly-retired comedian. She has a new business, teaching comedy to teenage girls. You can find her performing on stage as Tonya Harding here.
Producer: Liz Mak

There are big stories with weight, little stories with heart, and then the stories that are just STOOPID.
Date With The Devil
When he was younger, Greg Stone was always a good boyfriend. Or, he tried to be.
Producer: Liz Mak
Original Score: Leon Morimoto
My Big Pee Break
Actress Diona Reasonover was on the brink of her big break. But she never expected it to happen while she was on her vacation.
Diona Reasonover is an actress who lives in LA, you can check out her writing on “I...

Before there was Zimbabwe, there was the “Heavy” scene. In the 1970’s, Rock music rang out from the black townships in Rhodesia. One band, Wells Fargo, became the voice of the people. Founding members Ebba Chitambo and Never Mpofu tell their story of music and revolution in the face of an oppressive government.
Wells Fargo’s new release Watch Out! is available now through Vinyl Me Please.
Learn more about the work Matthew Shechmeister and Eothen “Egon” Alapatt are doing to document the...

The Snap Judgment Holiday Special features two good Santas in "Miracle on 22nd Street," a misguided angel in "Preaching to the Choir," and Snap story makers as they look back on their favorite stories of 2017.

Let Moss Hills take you on sea cruise …
To learn more about the sinking of the Oceanos, be sure to check out: www.oceanossinking.com/
And you like that, you definitely won’t want to miss the video of the ship’s final moments:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfIZ6rcySuY
Producer: Joe Rosenberg
Sound Design: Renzo Gorrio

In 1962, in a very small, very white suburb of Chicago, a young couple set out to adopt a baby girl.
This story was produced in collaboration with The New York Times.
Producers: Amy Roost and Anna Sussman
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

James Vlahos wanted to keep his dad around for as long as possible, so he saved the best part about him in the best way he knew how.
Vlahos is also working on a book, Talk To Me, about the quest to create conversation-making A.I.s. Check out his article about dadbot in Wired Magazine.
Follow James on Twitter @jamesvlahos
Producer: Jazmin Aguilera
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio

We're dropping the story-pocalypse. Snap proudly presents "The Passion" performed LIVE! at San Francisco's Nourse Theater.
STORIES
Glynn Washington - Director's Cut
Glynn’s a bean counter by day but at night it’s “Lights, Camera, Action!”
Original score composed by Alex Mandel, and performed by Alex and the Snap Judgment Playaz (Tim Frick & David Brandt.) Performed at Snap Judgment Live! in San Francisco's Nourse Theater.
Recorded and mixed by Pat Mesiti-Miller
Josh Healey -...

The Outbreak
What do you do when a life-threatening disease makes it too dangerous to save the person closest to you.
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Producer: Jake Halpern with assistance from Mark Ristich, Anna Sussman, Adizah Eghan and Eliza Smith
Grits and Sausages
When Ray Christian was a young boy, he longed to hear the voice of God.
Check out his podcast here.
Producer: Davey Kim
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
The Blue Bear
For Lynn Schooler grew up in Alaska hearing rumor...

From Russia With Love
Two women, a tiny boat, the wide open ocean...and kismet.
Elena has written a book about their adventure, called Talking to the Moon. You can read the story on the couple’s website, http://www.cadenza.ca/index.php/en/talking-to-the-moon-en/
You can learn more about Elena and Meg’s journey at their other website, anticruise.online.
Producer: Liz Mak
Original Score: Leon Morimoto

Tameer is part of an ethnic minority in northern Israel called Druze. When he is struck on the head as a young boy he inherits an entire new lifetime of memories.
Original Score: Renzo Gorrio
Producer: Shaina Shealy

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